Luminous Arc News

Poor XSEED Games. Despite the fact that the publisher has a partnership with Marvelous Interactive, three of Marvelous's Wii-exclusive titles previously announced to be published in North America by XSEED have moved to other companies. First came No More Heroes 2 to Ubisoft, then Muramasa: The Demon Blade to Ignition Entertainment. Now, Ignition has done it again, picking up the Marvelous-developed RPG Arc Rise Fantasia for North America.
Developed by imageepoch, the same company behind Sands of Destruction and the Luminous Arc series for the DS, Arc Rise Fantasia tells the story of a band of warriors who must face off with an army of evil creatures - you know, like pretty much every other JRPG ever. Still, it's for Wii, and given the console's total lack of good turn-based RPGs, this could be one to watch out for when it releases in Summer of 2010. Read More

In an interesting twist (I guess, maybe they do this all the time, and I never noticed), Nintendo has released their US game line-up for the second half of 2008 and into 2009... to Europe.
Some highlights included on the list are Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Call of Duty World at War, Guitar Hero World Tour, Skate It, Mushroom Men, two Star Wars games, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Mario Super Sluggers, Sonic Unleashed, Ghostbusters, and quite a bit more.
Better still, Nintendo says that this is an "incomplete" list, meaning more titles could sneak their way into the lineup. Here's hoping more from the Big N themselves.
For the full bill of goods (as it stands), both good and bad, click the jump. Read More